My name is Justin Lysohirka and I am 20 years old. I have lived in Creston pretty much my whole life. I graduated from Prince Charles Secondary School in 2009 and I have spent a lot of time with volunteer activities. Various things I have done are helping with the local hockey team, fundraising for charities, helped with the rec centre referendum, shelved books when the new public library opened and helped backstage with drama productions. For all this I was very generously awarded the Phil Thomas Volunteer Challenge Award.
My reasoning for running for council is because I am a strong listener and will work to solve any problem. I am also a fighter and am willing to fight for the public.
If elected I will work with all the fellow councillors, the mayor, the Regional District of Central Kootenay and concerned citizens.
Some of the following ideas I would like to propose include a youth centre with adult supervision, but all ideas of what takes place in this building are up to the youth. I also would like to see an area for peer-to-peer counseling.
I would also like to see some kind of group or organization out shovelling snow for the elderly and disabled during the winter. It is unfair for those citizens to break their backs, so to speak, when there can be other people helping them.
My idea is to make Schikurski Park a dog- and human-designated park. There is a lot of exercise space for owners to walk their dogs, plus a whole field next door for an extended walk. I am open to any other ideas anyone may have pertaining to this issue.
Other issues I would like to try to solve are better health care, more affordable housing and getting rid of the parking meters.
Justin Lysohirka is seeking election to Creston town council.
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The Advance asked each candidate for Creston town council and mayor, Regional District of Central Kootenay director and School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) trustee — as well as acclaimed directors Garry Jackman (Area A) and Larry Binks (Area C) — to submit about 300 words to describe their goals, background, qualifications, concerns — whatever mattered to them. Of the 27 candidates, only two, Jackman and Creston town council candidate Louis Mihaly, chose not to make a submission.